60 Turkeys for 60 Families

About this event

Hello, everyone! We've been called upon for help. Yesterday, I received a call from Donna Juarez, president of the Old Glory Memorial here in northeast El Paso. She received an unexpected call from a commander requesting 60 Thanksgiving baskets for Veterans, active duty and currently enlisted who could be called up for any reason. These families are in need of food assistance this Thanksgiving. Donna wasn't prepared for a request this large, so she decided to reach out to us for our help. She and all of the families were so grateful for the help we gave last year, when our little group provided Thanksgiving meals for 33 families. This year, thanks to an amazingly generous donation from one of our group members, "D", all of the non-perishable food for these 60 baskets has already been paid for. Because of that, I am asking if you would consider donating just turkeys this year. Any number would be appreciated- our goal is to put a turkey in each of the 60 baskets. If you can donate, please bring your turkeys to the Old Glory memorial on Friday November 20th at 11:30 a.m. as I have no way of storing them. I plan to buy mine that morning and take them directly to the memorial. We can help hand out the baskets and turkeys to the folks that come by to pick them up and afterwards, hopefully we can all go to for a casual lunch together. If you're able to help, please RSVP here and put the number of turkeys you can donate in the chat here or text me with that number. If we come up short I'll purchase the remaining turkeys to make sure we reach all 60. Thank you so much in advance and please feel free to ask any questions-I'll do my best to answer them. Thank you.

From "Wine & Dine, in Bed by Nine" (a Social Club for Seniors)